30/1/2012 - Visit your local library this National Libraries Day : Cumbria County Council

Cumbria County Council is calling on residents to love their libraries this week as part of National Libraries Day.

Saturday 4 February is National Libraries Day for all 48 of Cumbria’s libraries and the finale to a week of events that will celebrate libraries, librarians and highlight the importance of reading.

There will be a range of events and activities taking place in the county’s libraries next week. For those that are open on Saturday 4 February there will be a special ‘Join a friend’ promotion for that day only.

If you’re already a member of the library, bring a friend along and get them to join and you will both get a free DVD loan (only applies only in branches which stock DVDs) and the opportunity to enter a prize draw to win the top ten fiction paperbacks.

National Libraries Week 2012 - activities in Cumbria:

Library Event Date & Time

Barrow           Storytots                                     31 Jan from 1.30pm-2.15pm
Barrow           Health Event at Forum 28              4 Feb from 10am-2pm
Barrow           Silver Surfers                               2 Feb from 1.30-3.30pm
Kendal            Love Your Library Quiz (under 7s)   4 Feb
Kendal            Treasure Hunt Quiz (under 7s)        4 Feb
Kendal            Toddler Storytime                         30 Jan from 10.30am-11am
Cleator Moor   David Gaffney - author                   6 Feb from 2pm-3pm
Frizington       Lamplugh WI open morning            3 Feb from 9am-12pm
Whitehaven     Range of events and activities       30 Jan to 4 Feb
Workington    Coffee morning                              1 Feb from 10am-12pm
Workington     Internet taster sessions                  1 Feb
Workington    Storytime                                      1 Feb
Carlisle          Picture book and fiction quiz         30 Jan to 3 Feb
Carlisle           Paul Wilson - author                      4 Feb at 2.30pm

Libraries in the Penrith area will be holding a range of activities to celebrate National Libraries Day - please contact your local library in Eden for further details.

Cllr Gary Strong, Cabinet member for libraries, said: “We are delighted to have such a full programme of events across the county during the run-up to National Libraries Day. A reading child is a successful child. A child who goes to the library is twice as likely to be a good reader and becomes a literate adult and lifelong reader.

"I would urge everyone to get down to their local library to take advantage of everything that is on offer, from books and DVDs to internet access and information on community events.”